Another blow was struck against the gig economy yesterday (March 26) when delivery firm DPD announced it will be offering its 5,000 self-employed drivers holiday and sick pay after one of its…Read more…
Standing up for jobs
Unite’s campaign to keep production of British passports in Britain was ramped up today as Labour MP Liz Twist presented an urgent question in the House of Commons this afternoon (March 26) on the…Read more…
Reject the bid plea
As GKN investors face a vote on Thursday (March 29) on whether to accept a predatory takeover bid from ‘turnaround specialist’ Melrose, Unite has again urged shareholders to reject the bid and…Read more…
‘Just not interested’
Unite has ridiculed the “limp excuses” offered by a Tory MP for failing to engage with a task force set up in his constituency to safeguard local manufacturing jobs. The South Suffolk task…Read more…
Where shareholders’ interests reign supreme
This week will be a defining one for British business. On Thursday we will find out if the centuries old engineering giant GKN will be the latest victim of our inadequate shareholder laws. …Read more…
‘Into a sea of uncertainty’
In the latest twist in the attempt to take over the world class GKN, Unite has accused turnaround firm Melrose of asking GKN shareholders to take ‘a leap in the dark into a sea of uncertainty’….Read more…
Delphi Diesel taskforce quizzed
Serious questions are being asked about what steps a taskforce has taken to safeguard manufacturing and employment at Suffolk-based Delphi Diesel Systems where more than 500 jobs are under threat…Read more…
Not out of the woods
The EU, including the UK, and six other countries have secured an exemption against punitive steel and aluminium tariffs on imports to the US. First announced by the Trump Administration…Read more…
Police spy blacklisting scandal
Scotland Yard has today (March 23) admitted police officers sent to spy on trade unionists passed information to construction industry blacklisters – prompting a crescendo of demands for a full…Read more…
‘Casino style’ takeovers threat
The UK is lagging behind other advanced economies with measures to protect against ‘casino style’ hostile takeovers, according to a report for Unite, which calls for a strengthening of UK takeover…Read more…
‘It wouldn’t happen in France’
Britain’s new blue passports – a reversion to the iconic passports issued before the UK conformed to EU standards – are to be made in France. British firm De La Rue, which now produces the…Read more…
Judge makes ‘mockery of process’
Unite has backed today’s (Wednesday March 21) walkout of participants at the Mittings public inquiry into undercover policing. The walkout is a reaction to the refusal of Sir John Mittings,…Read more…
‘Truly appalling’
Tens of thousands of sick and disabled people have been denied benefits they were legally entitled to because of “shoddy administration”, according to an official report. A National Audit…Read more…
‘At long last’
After eight years of crippling pay freezes, more than one million NHS staff are being offered increases of a least 6.5 per cent over three years – with the lowest paid full time staff receiving an…Read more…
Follow the money
Thousands of Unite union reps are using the union’s powerful online tool to generate pay claims as part of the union’s growing campaign to fight for increased pay and a fair share of company profits….Read more…
‘Get NHS back on feet’ call
A Tory Brexit will hurt NHS funding, increase waiting times and make staff shortages worse, a new report has warned. Instead of the extra £350m a week Conservative leave campaigners promised…Read more…
‘Responsible must be held to account’
Two of Carillion’s former finance chiefs are to be investigated by the UK’s accounting watchdog for their roles in the firm’s spectacular implosion. Unite welcomed the move, but said the sheer…Read more…
‘Very disappointing news’
North Sea oil giant Total has announced that 250 workers in Scotland will lose their jobs following its multi-billion pound takeover of another firm. The losses come despite claims that the…Read more…
Adapt or die?
It was their horrific workplace conditions that brought them together – and now the three nightshift workers at a London hotel are the best of friends. Within a few months of starting,…Read more…
‘Rising anger’
Unite said it had ‘no confidence’ in Melrose’s vision or strategy for GKN after the firm refused to give guarantees on jobs, skills and investment today (March 19). In a full and frank…Read more…